We're Back in Business!!

Yes, now the dissertations have finally come to an end, we can get back to fully concentrating on Roanoke. Not that we haven't been, its just now we can tell you all the wonderful things we have actually been working on like the sound, C.G.I (computer generated imagery) effects, grading and putting it all together to create the masterpiece that is Roanoke: The Lost Colony!

Apologies for the belated comments and display of the following pictures. The foley, which is the sound effects in the film were done a while ago. Bertie and I sat in a sound proof room with bits and pieces such as shoes, metal, glass jugs and so forth in order to create sounds that went with the images on screen. As not all the sound was recorded or not recorded loud enough (just the little things like writing, walking, putting cups down, that kind of thing) we then has to replicate the sound to complement the images being shown. Here are a few pictures:

Lots more has also been done for the films completion; I know it does get said often, but we could not have done it without the help from the cast and crew that have been involved with the making of the film in front and behind the camera. So thank you to everyone and hope to see you at the premiere!!

The Dissertation is Over!

That's right everyone and over this weekend i'll be doing a big update about the premiere and some more cool things, but for now, here are a few pictures from the film to celerbrate!

as always click to enlarge

The Big Day is Set

The UK Premiere for Roanoke: The Lost Colony has been set! On Saturday June 23rd 2007 at 6pm the doors will be open for the big day, the conclusion to nearly a years work, the premiere of Roanoke: The Lost Colony.

I am very excited to announce that on Friday we managed to agree a deal with what has been described as the best independent cinema in London (possibly England) for the premiere of our independent production, Roanoke. Our weekend will fit right in between the middle of all the major summer films on a weekend where no blockbuster is set for release.

Roanoke will be screened in Screen 1 of the Ritzy Picturehouse, London. The screen (as shown above) suits the style and mood of Roanoke perfectly and can seat more than 350 people in one showing.

We have been negotiating a number of venues over the last week but this proved to be the best due to the package Ritzy will put forward. We will have our name on the board outside, our poster in the window, the box office open to us with little Roanoke: The Lost Colony tickets printed out and our film advertised on our website. The Ritzy Cinema itself is "the largest independent specialist cinema in the country" and is located at the heart of the upcoming arts and media area of London.

We will be announcing how to get tickets for the event over the next couple of weeks, but mark it down in your diary now so that you don't miss out, we would love to see you there!

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We are also offering the ability for someone/company to sponsor the event

With the amount of support and following Roanoke has created we would like to offer the chance for a company to join our journey.

Why it might appeal to some?

1. Your company will be added to our website and anywhere the event will be published. For example: Roanoke: The Lost Colony sponsored by Amastude.

2. You will join us up on the big bored two weeks before the event in order for everyone who visits the Ritzy Picturehouse to see your name.

3. You will join us on the Ritzy Picturehouse website naming you as the sponsor. Their website gets over 100,000 hits a week and the announcement could be made up to 6 weeks in advance.

4. You will join us on the Ritzy mailing list sent to their 30,000 members.

5. You will have the opportunity to place a flyer/goody bag on every seat to welcome the 350+ guests into the cinema and leave them something to go home with.

I could go on, but the list does get rather long........ If you have a company or something you would like to publicize to sponsor the event then please do get in touch, or if you know someone who might like this opportunity then have them contact info@roanokethemovie.com.

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Well the computer survived the 11 day torture of rendering and with that i should get back to checking the grade over. I'll write more about that a bit later!

Speak soon,
Bertie x

Few Additions

On the right you shall see a new media bar that will enable you to play, without leaving the page, some of the media from the roanoke the lost colony website. Under that we have a Google news box that allows you to see the latest news that mentions the historic event of Roanoke: The Lost Colony.

Quite exciting news, we now are the number 1 search hit on Yahoo (the most popular website on the internet*) when searching for "Roanoke The Lost Colony". This is very good for the movie as when people search for the historical event on the worlds most popular search engine they will be welcomed into our site with outstretched arms. We are also number one on Google for any mention of Roanoke and films or movies, still need to work on the "Lost colony" part of it tho.

Well back to dissertation writing i go! If you have any more interesting facts about where you can find links to our website or a mention of the film then it would be great to hear from you!

I would be thrown in jail...

...if a computer had the same rights as a person.

First of all, happy easter every one. On one hand i could say not much has happened over the past week in regards to Roanoke, on the other over 40,000 frames have been rendered and mastered into a final export, with another number of thousand to come. Yep, the computer has been thrashing out frames since I last spoke and I've been able to review half the film so far and it is looking alot more filmic and professional than its native form. It is defiantly worth the wait. As of my title, if we lived in the film world of A.I or I. Robot then I'm sure a number of people would question the overtime the computer has done for the production. I have added a separate fan to aid in the cooling of the machine and often offer words of encouragement as i see it struggling away day and night with a tremendous amount of work.

This week while the computer finishes of we've begun looking at a final venue for Roanoke. I have one place in mind that hosts a perfect screen and setting for the final showing, whether we can secure it or not is a different matter.

It's been a few

I know the posts are coming few and far between but this isn't because Roanoke has gone away, it's becuase we're working on it even more. In fact the less blog posts there are the more we're working on Roanoke and have little time for anything else.

As it stands, like Sam pointed out below the production was completed over the weekend and now we are waiting for the computer to finish dealing with it. It is currently rendering and coloring the final visuals and making sure the dialog and foley are up to scratch. Sadly as the production is in High Definition this can take around 11 days to complete (some valuable dissertation time i feel)

From there it will be a day or so dropping in the final CGI plates and reviewing the whole movie with the mix of dialog, foley and music and making sure everything is just right to send off to the compressors. Sadly until technology advances a little (and we're nearly there) we cannot deliver the film in HD as no one will be able to play it, however until that time the film will be on your standard DVD for everyone to enjoy. We will be able to release a HD version later on should there be an interest for it.

So that's where the production stands and it will only be a few days now as the computer finishes off its thinking.

from,
a tired but excited bertie